A Georgian farmhouse has been named Grand Designs' House of the Year - but not everyone agrees it was the rightful winner.
House on the Hill, a Gloucestershire farmhouse extension, was revealed as the winner in the final episode of the Channel 4 series Grand Designs : House of the Year on Wednesday evening.
The three-storey farmhouse was restored over a decade in a "labour of love" by its owners David and Jenny and converted into a gallery to display their incredible artwork, while they also added a new two-storey wing.
The 18th-century property is partially built into a hill and overlooks the beautiful Wye Valley, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The annual award is presented by the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) to the UK’s best new architect-designed house.
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Riba president Simon Allford said: "This geometric design skilfully fuses together the old with the new – connecting two architectures separated by over 300 years.
"Intriguing and distinguished, House on the Hill is the impressive result of a 10-year collaboration between the homeowners and their architect. This is an extraordinary labour of love in architectural form.
"Every detail has been meticulously considered and exquisitely finished, resulting in a truly remarkable home that enhances its unique setting."
But viewers complained about the winner on Twitter, as some said the other properties were "robbed."
One person said: "Not impressed with the winner at all!! Very disappointing choice, looks like a carbuncle on the side of a country house!!!"
Another wrote: "House on the Hill - the others were robbed.
"It’s an ugly monstrosity pinned to a gorgeous Georgian house."
A third commented: "I can’t be the only person that thinks it’s awful? Every year’s an eyesore modernist building."
Someone else wrote: "This should be a crime."
But others thought the rightful winner took the top spot, as one person tweeted: "My favourite house won!"
While another wrote: "I have visited this house and the attention to detail and relationship between existing and new is exceptional. Well deserved."
The owners of House on the Hill said: "Ours was a very protracted project, so the client and architect relationship had to be one of mutual confidence.
"The interplay of the house and its gardens with the wider surrounds provides an ever-changing source of pleasure.
"The house is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the house and the landscape complement each other.
"To return to the house after a spell away is to renew our admiration of the scheme."
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